Maryland's reasons to be rivals with every school in the Big Ten

MICHIGAN STATE: Korie Lucious

Gene Sweeney Jr, Baltimore Sun

The Terps had made one of the great late comebacks in NCAA history and were on their way to the Sweet 16. But that 2010 season would come to a crashing halt when Spartans guard Korie Lucious drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Maryland fans still look at that year's bracket and think "What if?" Could Greivis Vasquez and Gary Williams have been headed to a Final Four? We'll never know for sure, and it's a replay that will be shown several times when Maryland and Michigan State reunite on the hardwood this winter.

The Terps had made one of the great late comebacks in NCAA history and were on their way to the Sweet 16. But that 2010 season would come to a crashing halt when Spartans guard Korie Lucious drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Maryland fans still look at that year's bracket and think "What if?" Could Greivis Vasquez and Gary Williams have been headed to a Final Four? We'll never know for sure, and it's a replay that will be shown several times when Maryland and Michigan State reunite on the hardwood this winter. (Gene Sweeney Jr, Baltimore Sun)

We don't really need to run down the whole history again, do we? For geographic reasons, Penn State is probably the most natural rival for Maryland. But even placing that aside, watching the Terps' former coach in waiting have any level of success will rankle Maryland supporters. A football win over Penn State might replace beating Duke in men's basketball as the greatest reason for fans to revel along Route 1 (safely, of course).

We don't really need to run down the whole history again, do we? For geographic reasons, Penn State is probably the most natural rival for Maryland. But even placing that aside, watching the Terps' former coach in waiting have any level of success will rankle Maryland supporters. A football win over Penn State might replace beating Duke in men's basketball as the greatest reason for fans to revel along Route 1 (safely, of course). (Abby Drey, MCT)

It's become a common question: Now that Maryland is part of the Big Ten, who will be the Terps' rivals? Well, we put the microscope to each of the other 13 full-time institutions in the conference and found reasons that Maryland fans can carry a little animosity into their first matchups. We'll admit that some of them are a stretch, but it won't take long for some better reasons for rivalry to arise.